Good luck. I have had good interactions during rain, especially during the rut. Other than it being less than ideal comfort-wise, I bet there will be no negative impact on your hunt. Enjoy the time with friends and any deer is just a bonus.

Sitting here at work, chomping at the bit to head home, winterize my bees, load my car and trailer and head out there. I'm figuring to be on the road by 0500 tomorrow. My back and neck that I blew out over a month ago is coming back to where I can pull my bow again, but at only 55 lbs.. Getting old sucks butt. Anyhow, I'm bringing both bows, my HTR and HALON 32. The HALON shoots flatter at the lower poundage but the HTR draws easier, so it'll be a judgement call on what bow I bring out on any given day.. Anyhow, I have way too much stuff, but like the old saying goes, "it's better to have and not need than to need and not have".. Or the old Army saying, "travel light, freeze at night". I think I have my bases covered.... So tomorrow is when the snowflake ANTIFAs are supposed to be having their day.... Get in my way going to camp, your ass is getting run over. Beep, Beep. LOL

"Nope the hell with the NFL!!!! " You should see the BS amount of American Flags the Canton Pro Football Hall of fame have on their front yard! HYPOCRITES! They never used to have that many planted there... They must think we are really that dumb...

Loving this Kelly. By the way, I heard never buy anything made on a Monday or Friday. Maybe that should also include from bow hunters who stay up for 24 hours at a time with lack of sleep. my best, Paul

"To be honest I’ve been on well over hundreds of blood Trails and with this deer climbing straight up a damn bluff for 250 feet I? think this deer will live to make another scrape! "

Did you read the conclusion of my Ohio hunt? Damn near 600 yards from POI, and he climbed a near vertical cliff that was nearly impossible for human to climb (50 yards long)... Then the blood ran out... Then Matt found him with no blood 75 yards from last spot of blood. High lung entrance, center lung exit.

couple seasons ago was just about to get out of my stand at 11 am, saw a button chasing a doe and figured i"ll stay for a bit... 15 minutes later i downed the biggest buck in my hunting life. Stay in stand Kelly! you have a hot spot, today the day ma man, I just know it.

Your trail experience was better than mine this morning. I had a big black spot in my trail and I knew it didn’t belong there. I was wishing for a stronger light and a bigger pistol but I just kept walking and the stinking sucker eased off into the woods. Good thing, I wasn’t especially hankering for a Wild West showdown in the dark.

From one father of daughters to another, if you get your buck do not field dress it until Morgan's boyfriend arrives. Cutting the balls off that buck while looking at him out of the corner of your eye will send a clear message! Ha!

Kelly, how the heck did you lose a bin of hunting clothes?? Between the camper, your clothes, my issues with my back, my fridge and freezer going out whikle I was gone, my heater motor going out too, etc. I would say that this year was a cursed year.. WTF??

Wow Kelly I have to tip my hat to you. I don’t think I could hold out like you have.

I have a buddy that knows the feeling of loosing a tote with hunting gear in it. He lost binoculars, rangefinder all his camo, etc. Worse part was it was on his way to hunting camp. He had to borrow from all of us to make the week hunt.

Good luck today for the Harris family! I was not too far away (Carbon Hill) during the last week of October, hunting with my brother, nephew and a few buddies. We all had encounters, but nobody to close the deal. If I wan't so damn busy with work right now, I'd be sitting in a tree down there for the next couple days.... Let's see those 114 pics asap!

Well, I was away for a couple weeks and finally got to check the thread. A couple things are apparent. Kelly is not going to shoot a buck he deems not big enough. He is family first. And, Michelle is still a cutie pie. :^)

This weather through the Midwest is just nuts! Guys here in KS and MO are saying they saw less deer this year than any recent years. I personally do not think there are less deer, but they are moving more at night. They have their winter coats on already and we are still hitting the 60s and 70s. Discouraging to still be sweating hanging a stand this time of the year. I had insects still flying around me on Saturday. Be safe.

Serious question - Do you have to check them whole? If not why not gutless process the doe? 4 1/4s back straps and tenderloins can't total 100 lbs and that's a heck of a lot easier to handle then dragging a doe out of the woods whole. Sandbrew

I had the pleasure of meeting JayG@work last evening; I made the trek to his place North of me, to pick up a Lone Wolf Treestand from him, I gotta tell you; I made a good friend...what a guy. He has had some major adversity with his spine and neck, and he just oozes passion for hunting the Whitetail Buck with bow and arrow. Kelly you are lucky to share deer camp with him. Too boot, I hunt just up the road from your lease in Ohio..small world!

Kelly, I appreciated this thread. We are both in our 50s and I am impressed that you are comfortable with your past successes at hunting that you now enjoy the social aspects more. I feel this is something I do not slow down enough for. I still try to be that focused predator that I was in my 20s and 30s. Even my cabin is basic because it is about just sleeping. I am enjoying your cabin thread equally as much as this one.

You helped me realize it is OK to slow down and just enjoy the entire experience of hunting.

While I am certainly blown away by the success of some posters, we do not have to all have the same goals to be respected. I am not even capable of what many accomplish, but that doesn't mean I enjoy it any less.

This breaks my heart. I can’t stop thinking about his cabin plans and looking forward to retirement. Man, we need to live every day to the fullest! Life is no doubt short. Godspeed Kelly. Here’s the 2017 adventure. Miss his posts already